{"id":573,"date":"2021-04-20T13:30:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T12:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/computingscience\/?p=573"},"modified":"2021-10-01T16:40:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T15:40:26","slug":"computing-science-gender-balance-lesson-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/computingscience\/2021\/04\/20\/computing-science-gender-balance-lesson-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"COMPUTING SCIENCE GENDER BALANCE LESSON PLANS"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"builder-section-text_11\" class=\"builder-section-first builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-last builder-text-columns-2 layout-8\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_11-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/glowscotland.sharepoint.com\/:f:\/r\/sites\/PLC\/technologies\/Computing%20Science%20Documents\/Early%20years%20and%20primary\/Computing%20Science%20Gender%20Lesson%20Plans?csf=1&amp;web=1&amp;e=4sBYEl\">Computing Science Gender Balance Lesson Plans<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Research tells us that more boys achieve computing qualifications than girls. There can be many reasons for this and in order to help you mitigate some of these gender imbalances we have curated this folder of lesson plans and resources to support them. They have been curated to help you ensure your Computing Science lessons are as accessible and engaging to learners regardless of their gender.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more abour Improving Gender Balance support <a href=\"https:\/\/education.gov.scot\/improvement\/learning-resources\/improving-gender-balance-3-18\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-2\" id=\"builder-section-text_11-column-2\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-574 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/glow-prod-glowblogs.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/glowblogs\/public\/computingscience\/uploads\/sites\/9355\/2021\/04\/20132821\/zVQuFUlF_400x400-e1618921865182-300x239.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&#038;X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEIv%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCWV1LXdlc3QtMSJIMEYCIQCy5BuMd%2F8G%2Bie8kJQDnKAHBb0buhbgHmEQ6hgwWBq1kAIhALIBp63sG2M%2FOrxnjzH9%2F5pryT%2BIm9JUsI4bHdvlPacMKrkFCFQQBRoMMjczNTcwMTk1NDMzIgyJarvcykNv2ST%2FGFUqlgVTNUrOts7%2FghWzDuSjN5ArEcd6gxBA1lpFopKYvUzwtCAPg5H281oiGAWLmFxJAZ%2FInd%2BoezwBLyBxH8gzWG2C%2Bimn4dkVUSsRN%2BTRi5A1TpBX6xyOTMauHcYs07bxFJIk%2BzyBRtYvzkO8OZB3jIyVzQgwnfSwllwiMIEy3EJHdVlqCLGJ9OL4r1xk9QR1c5EPqYsfftqFlXQBxmKVon0G%2FtGZ%2BoiC2YfV8ObhZkL5LvREFDgmMB9a6WBYZszhRj5OXESZ6QurVKKjabbDviKfimtZmDcO0%2FFURinh12z0UDQbxuChQ0gqGXZm%2F2b0A3XesPdSxyB1M7oH0T%2F%2BpjY58JayuumZBb1%2F2dqgqvhGO6gnJSWberRuI5Lv%2BtsThJ8UORbmI2Vyc6GiokZdGGVsxaq518xrLHHO8coANuPIWbuqmRE4Zleuqemf%2F2nFqxRTQoGhsxkSmXxErkS9EvAjTcyfBgR35ZudLKqpz2DJXbq11ea74UqBJz5FO4H6soo1d5Rw6Jv%2BHZJT%2FzmgeiuJCoog0FV0tpeTo%2Bqk0GrT49IRP%2BOcxTQ8NA7l1vh6ZLz48Um3hc59Jv%2FgKU2voHEXH3Zse8TdvtynNpWg2Y04N251ly3fOuMoqoWw2xiX%2FouJHrZVCp73UdLuuAnpaIYupSH2X1PH8WXQ31479IbBT%2FWYNTdCoxdOxFXfORDFWaBm8GEtdXvQLwR9VgxQ%2FLgCIMa8osafOYP51mDD4P1lzr63PkzdSmdLk14fRIc599ZXgy%2FMyCFXEwNq2mWyDQpj9HYAi0%2Bibjw6rSH48z%2BQIt%2FAkqSyRAg4g6VwT9UoXXrHjcBNHoy5ztKuQ0AS%2BQUbcFBvuJMgyn4qVNAL5Y5AJ7aIYBBSpTCKt6TPBjqwAf3taFbKrFu3BbNV4Yannkpf%2BAJQIi9rKxFOnsQkuQixbOSjoZE4d9ercXbDfkFGtxJpeaYXfHOY%2FEdNh8dR5qwKvVcZA4uOC0CQA8YUpJdC4JgSXjPjpw43vO9tZzQeK5lSLmJMqwFJIVTz9W1jbI7KR%2FnsRTTzq0gRE5yEKueXFK90necWYl9JoMnv2J2k%2BZ5Ib0U2l1Zg0BJ%2BCQTAHqgo0yuNGTwuTcgNje8T7P6f&#038;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&#038;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAT7MQN47URVS5QDYB%2F20260422%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&#038;X-Amz-Date=20260422T192336Z&#038;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&#038;X-Amz-Expires=900&#038;X-Amz-Signature=0607d4ef147603f2a2a8d0618a6a486a33d5cc7432eb4965b51d28beabe59dbe\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" \/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Computing Science Gender Balance Lesson Plans Research tells us that more boys achieve computing qualifications than girls. 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